Crémieu grades B− overall: better than 46% of compared French towns, and #56 of 96 in Isère. Its weakest subject is safety (C−): an average of 8 recorded violent incidents and 22.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €2,881/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Les Balcons du Dauphiné. Its strongest is walkability (A): 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 13% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Crémieu with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
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Crémieu’s story
Crémieu in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 20 historic monuments in Crémieu: 6 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 14 inscrit (the second level).
That’s 57 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than almost every compared French town; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1906.
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1992.
1906First protected: Couvent des Augustins (ancien)
1983Most recently protected: Couvent de la Visitation (ancien)
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Crémieu.
History
More protected monuments for its size in Crémieu than in Isère or compared French towns: 57 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Crémieu, that is above both Isère’s towns (1.2) and compared French towns (2.5). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1992. The Culture ministry lists 20 historic monuments in Crémieu: 6 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 14 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
On foot, Crémieu works better than 86% of compared French towns
At the census, 12.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to both Isère’s towns (14.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Crémieu has 1,750 jobs for 1,700 working residents, 1 per worker.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot8%
Public transport4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
1,750
jobs based in Crémieu, 1 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,910
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 86% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Crémieu runs higher than in 83% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 104 offenses in the graded categories in Crémieu in 2025. Of the graded crimes in Crémieu, criminal damage came up most often (2025). For sexual violence, armed robbery and burglary, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 4.7% of the index here.
8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage38
Theft from vehicles22
Vehicle theft21
Family violence12
Other physical violence11
Drug use31
Fraud28
Theft without violence16
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
104
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
4.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Crémieu gets a C for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,881/m², comes from 128 sales of houses and apartments in Crémieu from July 2023 to June 2026. In Crémieu, houses go for €3,181/m² and apartments for €2,600/m².
€2,881/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Crémieu€2,881/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Isère median€2,716/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€3,181/m²
57
Apartments
€2,600/m²
71
€13.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.65 to €16.90/m² a month)
7.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€12.31/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,970
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Les Balcons du Dauphiné
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, Crémieu sees 90 deaths per 100 expected, against 84 in Isère’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 411 residents of Crémieu died, against 349 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% more. Its care home for older people (94 places) counts its residents as Crémieu’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−10%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw118
Adjusted90
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Crémieu · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Pierre Oudot Bourgoin Jallieu
8.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Saint Vincent de Paul Maternite
86.8 · 81.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Isère, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Couvent des Augustins (ancien): Photo: Charlotte de Savoie · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Halles (anciennes): Photo: Ce fichier est l’œuvre de Xavier Caré . Merci de créditer : Xavier Caré / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA . Si vous souhaitez une permission spéciale pour utiliser cette photo, ou la vendre en dehors des termes de la licence ci-dessous, merci de me contacter · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Porte de Ville dite Porte de Lyon: Photo: Charlotte de Savoie · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Porte de Ville dite Porte Neuve ou Porte François Ier: Photo: Daniel CULSAN · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Crémieu
Is Crémieu safe?
It grades C− for safety, #71 of 96 in Isère.
Are schools in Crémieu good?
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns and #31 of 102 in Isère. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Crémieu expensive to live in?
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,881/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €13.41/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Crémieu grades C for cost of living.
About Crémieu
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Crémieu is a commune of 3,536 people in the Communauté de communes Les Balcons du Dauphiné. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
